BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green native has been making headlines at BG Ballpark this past week. Greensboro Grasshoppers’ outfielder Luke Brown is playing at the High-A level in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. This is the first time the former Purple/Hilltopper is playing against his hometown team. For Brown, this week has been something out of a fantasy come…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Hilltopper Basketball guard Dayvion McKnight is one of 20 collegiate basketball players invited to Damian Lillard’s inaugural Formula Zero basketball camp. He will attend the camp later this week in Portland, Ore. “I’m blessed to be invited to this camp and have the opportunity to learn from one of the best to ever do it,” said…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – One day after being named Conference USA Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year, Brayden Narveson has claimed a place on the Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List the Palm Beach County Sports Commission announced Wednesday. Accomplishments are tabulated throughout the season and the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award will announce its 20 semifinalists on Thursday, November 3rd. From…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU kicker Brayden Narveson has been named Conference USA’s Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Preseason player of the year awards were voted on by the league’s 11 coaches. Narveson joins UTSA’s Frank Harris and Rashad Wisdom who were voted as preseason offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively. Narveson returns to WKU…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Western Kentucky Volleyball Program released a brand-new court for the upcoming 2022 season. The new court is a Taraflex Surface and brings shock absorption, which helps players’ health with the repetitive jumping the sport requires. Head Coach Travis Hudson is excited about the new court and believes his program deserves it. Hudson is also looking forward…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Conference USA released its football preseason poll Monday and WKU was predicted to finish third for the 2022 season. The predicted order of finish was selected by a panel of media members that cover all 11 Conference USA schools. Last year’s champion, UTSA, was picked to repeat as this season’s champion with 14 first-place votes. UAB was…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Conference USA released its 2022 football preseason watch list Monday with five WKU players on the list. Wide receiver Malachi Corley and lineman Rusty Staats represented the Tops on the offensive side of the ball with Juwuan Jones and Kahlef Hailassie on defense. Brayden Narveson rounded out WKU’s lineup as the program’s special teams representative. Five…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After beating Meade County, 8-1, in the Kentucky State Championship game, the team headed to Crown Point Indiana to compete in the Regional Tournament. The squad lost the first game Thursday afternoon to South Lexington, but then beat Valparaiso later that night. Butler County needed to beat top-ranked Crown Point on Friday night to advance to Saturday…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Football center Rusty Staats has earned a place on the Rimington Trophy Watch List. The Rimington Trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I FBS football. Staats anchored WKU’s offensive line in 2021 during the team’s run to a Conference USA East Division Championship. He was tasked with protecting C-USA…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The U.S. Girls Junior Championship final is set for tomorrow at the Club at Olde Stone, here in Bowling Green. Gianna Clemente, Sara Im, Maria Jose Marin, and Yana Wilson headed into the Semi-Finals Friday, hoping to be the next name engraved on the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy. Gianna Clemente (Estero, Fla.) and Yana Wilson (Henderson, Nev.)…
